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Business Book Review: The 4-Hour Work Week

Management Consulted

” - written by Timothy Ferriss (2007), an American author, entrepreneur, angel investor, and advisor to startups like Facebook, Twitter, and many more. This is not your typical time management book. Top 5 myths about travel as a management consultant. Why read it? In fact, it dives deeper than that.

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Stop Doing Low-Value Work

Harvard Business

In the past, time management experts would recommend that you divide up your work into A tasks, B tasks, and C tasks. Doing all aspects of a job seemed possible then, if you just followed some basic time management rules. That kind of thinking ended during the recession of 2007-2009. million jobs were lost.

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Give Yourself Permission to Work Fewer Hours

Harvard Business

In 2007 I decided enough was enough. I had no clear boundaries between work and personal time, and I rarely stopped working without feeling guilty. Working to exhaustion means you’re less productive when you are working — and it can also mean you don’t have the energy to enjoy your time outside of work.